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> Guy doesn’t understand why perceived low hanging fruit hasn’t been plucked and I explained why it’s not that simple or low hanging. I'll explain too; Money.
by doublerabbit 4y ago
> Guy doesn’t understand why perceived low hanging fruit hasn’t been plucked and I explained why it’s not that simple or low hanging.
I'll explain too; Money. YouTube make money from the spam accounts, As twitter does, Reddit too. Spam is a very profitable market.
- smallnix 4y agoHow does YouTube make money from spam comments?
- doublerabbit 4y agoPay Google, Google turns a blind eye. Why else has Google not cracked down on spam accounts? It has the tech, it knows it has a problem and the best remedy they can come up with is shortened YouTube usernames? There's more to it behind the scenes. A real example is that I worked for a business where my job was to sell email addresses gathered from soft-core pornography websites. A batch of working emails could easily fetch £500. Reddit will sell you accounts for your "campaign" if it profits reddit and it's all the same for any big walled garden.
- Nextgrid 4y agoSpammers contribute to user & engagement numbers and might even drive real engagement behind themselves as (angry) real users respond to them.